欢
huān HSK1

happy

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 4, 2021, 05:24 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 4, 2021, 05:24 PM

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Simplified form of 歡. Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. 欠 (yawn) is a pictograph of a person with an open mouth, used here to represent a person joyfully laughing.

Components

又
又 Simplified component

Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 歡.

欠
欠 Iconic component

Depicts a person opening their mouth to laugh.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode